Louise Walker of the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service recently received the prestigious King’s Ambulance Medal (KAM) at a special ceremony at Windsor Castle. Louise, who heads up Education & Community Response, is 1 of a small select group of people in the country to be recognised in this way. Her exceptional devotion to duty, outstanding ability, merit and conduct in her role within the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service has led to the KAM being bestowed on her. Receiving her medal from Princess Royal, Louise said:
“It was an absolute pleasure. I felt very proud to be wearing the ambulance uniform and to be there representing the Isle of Wight NHS Trust and all the things we believe in and work hard to achieve. “When receiving that medal, quite honestly, I was just thinking about the teams and people around me because they were the reason why I was there receiving it. It was wonderful to be able to share that moment with my family too.”
Victoria White, Director of the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service, has said:
“We are incredibly proud of Louise and all she has achieved, alongside her colleagues, and our amazing volunteers, who together have saved many lives and continue to provide an incredible service for our Island community. “It is wonderful for Louise and the IW Ambulance Service to be recognised in this way. Receiving the King’s Ambulance Medal is very special and Louise and the service as a whole should take a moment to enjoy this recognition.”
Louise is one very special human being.
She involves herself with the community and has their best interests at heart.
Proud to know her!
Well deserved girl, proud of you.
management picking up gongs again, what’s wrong with our emergency services, why do the frontline always miss out & career journey managers pick up these awards!
For the same reason as when things go wrong the buck stops with the manager
The undereducated underachievers the infest this site whining about someone who made something of their life again.
Thanks for your 10 second analysis! You obviously don’t know the time, effort and dedication she puts into pre hospital care for patients on the Isle of Wight. The amount of public access defibrillators has dramatically increased because of Louise, people stand a better chance of surviving a cardiac arrest as a result. Louise does deserve the accolade.
And you’ve never had to work for the privilege of earning the right to wear that uniform. She should NOT wear that uniform.
I think the idea was that being the boss, she accepts the award on behalf of the service. However, the award ceremony should have been timed to coincide when more of the front line staff would be available to make a group photo. But it does look as if she takes all the glory as even the crew in the background wasn’t invited to join in…
So she’s done her job that she is employed to do. So what.
Louise goes far, far beyond the parameters of her job. She spends Saturdays facilitating a group of cardiac arrest survivors and their families – that’s just one example.
What a mean-minded and predictable response from a misinformed troll.
I hope you and your family won’t ever need the use of a defibrillator but, if you do, you can thank Louise for her tireless campaign to install so many across the island.
For those that criticise others achievements, stop moaning and go and make your own success.
Wow, such nasty comments, shame on you, you dreadful trolls.
Dear god. The headline